Sri Lanka vs. New Zealand: SWOT analysis of Sri Lanka’s bowlers – ICC World Cup 2011
Sri Lanka is all set to face New Zealand today in an exciting group match of the ICC World Cup 2011. Both teams have extensive experience playing at this level and they will be looking to put in a good performance before the quarter-final round of the tournament
begins. Sri Lanka has a slight upper hand with their experience of the pitch conditions, but New Zealand will be full of confidence from their winning momentum
The teams from the Subcontinent, like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 are termed as favourites in their own conditions and can easily adapt their style of play. Sri Lanka is one team which has performed well in the competition and has managed to win four of the five matches which
they have played in the tournament. They will be looking for a convincing victory against New Zealand to move up on the group points table.
A SWOT analysis of the Sri Lankan bowling line-up is as follows:
Sri Lanka has got some very effective bowlers in their line-up that is more than capable of dismissing the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Muttiah-Muralitharan-c78157 will be the best strength of the bowling line-up and has the ability of bowling
some good overs to the New Zealand batsmen.
Muralitharan has been simply awesome and has managed to take seven wickets in the World Cup so far. He is one of the most economical bowlers of the Sri Lankan side and can easily make a huge difference during the middle-overs. Muralitharan has a good record
against New Zealand and is quite capable of giving a hard time to their batsmen.
New Zealand has some good hard hitters in their line-up and these batsmen can easily be dismissed for a low score by Muralitharan. Batsmen like Scott Styris and James Franklin have a tendency of going after the spinners in their innings and can easily be
fooled by the variety and flight of Muralitharan.
He can play multiple roles for Sri Lanka and has a great ability to bowl in any phase of the match. If Murali adopts a consistent line on the off stump side than he can easily frustrate the New Zealand batsmen to take some irrational risks in their batting
display.
Nuwan Kulasekara is another bowler of prominence within the Sri Lankan side and has the ability of bowling some economical overs in the start of the innings. The opening overs hold great importance for a batting side and if they are not allowed to play with
freedom, they start losing confidence in their batting abilities.
During the World Cup, Kulasekara has been quite successful in bowling in all the right areas to the batsmen and has tempted the batsmen to take chances off his bowling on the off side. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Martin-c74834 Guptill has not scored major runs in the tournament and this can
give an ideal opportunity to Kulasekara to bowl some genuine in-swingers to him.
Kulasekara can also bowl aggressively in the starting overs and can make New Zealand’s openers a bit conscious in their batting approach. Like many teams, the fifth bowler is one area which is still not sorted out by the Sri Lankan team and oppositions have
scored important runs off their fifth bowling options.
Bowlers like Angelo Mathews and Thisara Perera have not been expensive in their bowling display, but batsmen have scored consistent runs off their bowling. New Zealand has some hard hitters in their middle-order and there is a chance that these batsmen might
score some important runs off these bowlers.
The New Zealand batsmen are not that professional in their approach and if the Sri Lankan bowlers come out with a good plan, than there is a chance that they can dismiss them for a low score.
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